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Here’s almost all you need to know about the philosophy of North Carolina Labor Commissioner Cherie Berry.

Berry, an elected Republican now in her third term, also maintained that the record-keeping program is an “outrageous waste of taxpayer money” – an assertion Barab disputed. Accurate injury statistics help OSHA focus attention on the workplaces that need it most. “The whole point of the record-keeping program is to ensure a good use of taxpayer money,” Barab said

Keeping up with injuries on the job is an outrageous waste of taxpayer money?